Essays on The Crucible

Morality is the difference between what is good and what is evil. It is the determination of what should be done and what should not be done; or what is right and what is wrong. Morality influences both behavior and motivation of an individual. All…

Witchcraft is the practice of magic, especially black magic. In the play, The Crucible, by Brozo, William G. Ph.D, witchcraft is the main issue in the story. Both the Puritan environment and the past experiences of one main character established one victim of the story,…

The Crucible revolves around the New World Puritan society and the practice of McCarthyism, with Christianity being the base of their ethics and morals. However, many readers are unable to grasp the way of life in the Salem, finding difficulty to relate to and understand…

Studies have shown that emotional reactions are almost impossible to ignore; it is almost as if it is automatic, when stressed, or pressured, humans naturally have a negative reaction, therefore, they lash out and get angry or frustrated. In Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ times of…

Salem, Massachusetts 1692, faced a bizarre incident where number of girls begin to display strange behaviors of uncontrollable fits and even curling up their bodies into weird positions and this rose a lot of suspicion in Salem. Under pressure to explain their peculiar behavior, fearing…

Mob mentality is a common cause of yielding to social pressures or norms, meaning that individual behavior and decision making can be influenced by the presence of others. Miller constructs an image of Salem, Massachusetts perched on the edge of the dark and barbaric unknown…

The readings of “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller and “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the pieces of literature are initially set in a time period in early America, both bring about two characters that seemingly share a similar situation, views, and behaviors that deeply…

Texts from many different eras have attempted to comment on and advance different themes, especially from the colonial era. Two of these texts are “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Both of these works attempt to describe…

Redemption. It’s such an ambiguous concept, yet also something that so many people strive for. But what exactly is “redemption?” Can anyone ever truly be redeemed? And if so, how? These are essential questions that playwright Arthur Miller and author Nathaniel Hawthorne set out to…

Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was written to show what happens when people fall to mass hysteria, such as the case with witchcraft throughout the entire story. The play’s plot generally revolves around innocent people who are accused of something that they haven’t done, and…